Free radicals, antioxidants, diseases and phytomedicines: Current status and future prospect

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-100

  Sen, Saikat ^a   Chakraborty, Raja ^a   Sridhar, C ^a   Reddy, Y S R ^a   De, Biplab ^b  

^a CES College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b Regional Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Diseases; Free radicals; Oxidative stress; Phytoconstituents

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTHOCYANIN; ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENE; CATECHIN; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; ELLAGIC ACID; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; FREE RADICAL; HYDROCINNAMIC ACID; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; LIGNAN; LIGNIN; NARINGENIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNINDEXED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFERTILITY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREMATURITY; SKIN DEFECT;

EID: 79952017778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0976044X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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